Soap cake



Jan. 24, 1928. 1,657,391

J. C. HANEY SOAP CAKE Filed Feb. 15, 1927 III; i

Patented Jan. 24, 1928.

JOHN CLIFFORD HANEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SOAP CAKE.

Application filed February 15, 1927. Serial No. 168,435.

llhis invention relates to improvements in articles of soap manufacture,having for an object to provide a highly novel form of soap cake whereinaconvenieut arrangement of pocket is had, into which sheets orpamiphlets of advertising, direction. and other matter may be placed orpositioned, whereupon, a wrapper is engaged about the whole, thuseffecting packaging of the same without lending to or increasing thebulk and thereby avoiding detraction from the packing space economy ofthe article.

It is also amongst the principal desideratums of the invention toprovide a soap cake having a matter receiving pocket in one side whereinsuch matter asmay be placed therein will be protected against mutilationand also, will be prevented from adhering to the bottom proper of suchpocket with the usually resultant destruction or mutilation of thematter during removal by reason of the limiting of area of contact ofsaid matter with the soap cake surface, hence, enabling a user toreadily and freely remove the advertising, direction or other matterfrom thepocket. a i

Other objects of the invention will be in part obvious and in partpointed out hereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readilyunderstood by those'skilled in the art, I have in the accompanyingillustrative drawings and in the detailed following description based;fthereupon, set out one possible embodiment of the invention.

In these drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved soap cake showing themanner in which the sheets or pamphlets of advertising or directionmatter are retained within the pocket and also, the manner in which thesea cake together with the said matter is pacmged and v Figure 2 is anenlarged transverse section through the cake and its packaging covering,

Having more particular reference to the drawings, in connection withwhich like characters of reference will designate corresponding partsthroughout, it will be noted that the opposite sides or faces of thesoapcake 1 are provided with depressed pockets 2, generally conforming incontour to that of the said cake 1, while the bottoms proper of each ofthese pockets 2 have certain 1ntelligence or words presented upon thesame by molding thereupon various letters as designated by the numeral3, these letters, as willbe noted upon reference to the Figure 52, beingof the raised or cameo character, hence, having their outer marginalportions or faces spaced outwardly or beyond the bottoms proper ot' theseveral pockets 2, yet within or below the outer faces or sides of thesoap cake proper, as is also shown in the Figure 2.

Sheets or pamphlets of advertising with direction or other mattergenerally indicated by the numeral 4 are adapted to be received withinone or both of the pockets 2, it being preferably but not necessary thatthe general shape or method of folding of said matter shall conforn'l tothe outline of 'the pocket or pockets receiving it as is indicated inthe Figure l, and likewise, that the thickness of such matter shall besuch that the upper side thereof Will lie approximately,

'it will be observed, upon reference to the Figure 2, that the lowerside of this matter Wlll rest upon or be engaged with the outer space ormarginal portions of the raised letters 3 distributed throughout or overthe area of the bottoms proper of said pockets 2 and consequentlythereupon, that the major portion of said side of the matter .t.- willbe prevented from having contact with the bottom proper of itsparticular receiving pocket. In this way, it will be understood andappreciated that the area of contact of the matter 4 with the' bottom ofthe pocket receiving it will be minimized and therefore, that theliability of adhesion of such matter to the soap cake will be materiallylessened and furthermore, will permit of free and convenient removal ofsaid matter 4- t'rom the pocket subsequent to removal of the .wrapper(hereinafter more fully de scribed) from the soap cake. Further more, itshould be noted at this particular point, that by reason of the limitingof the area of the contact of thematter 4 with the bottom of the pocket2 receiving it in the soap cake, the soiling of the contacting surfaceof the soap by the transfer of ink thereonto from the intelligencerinted upon the matter 4 will be minimized. For obvious reasons, it ispreferable that the .soap cake 1 with the matter 4 will be packaged andto effect this, a wrapper consisting of a piece of transparent material,designated by the numeral 5 is engaged about the soap cake in thefashion as is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings, the freeportion or end flaps of the Wrapper sheet being suitably joined byadhesive or other suitable material, while a sticker label or similardevice is joined or attached to that particular side of the wrapper 5overlying the pocket 2 in which the matter 4 is received, hence,concealin such, matter from view and thereby lending to the salesappearance of such article. In this connection, it will be noted thatthe sticker label onsimilar device 6 is engaged over the meetingmarginal portions of the wrapper 5, as illustrated in the Figure 1 andtherefore, that it not only serves as a means for concealing said matter4 but also, as a means for preventing any relatire movement as be tweenthe covered marginal portions of the wrapper sheet 5-and hence, insuresan effectual packaging of the soap cake 1.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerablemodification and such modification as is Within the spirit of my claims,I consider within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a soap cake having a pocket inone side thereof adapted to receive certain matter therein, a wrapperfor said cake consisting of a transparent sheet snugly arrangedthereabout, and an opaque sheet like device joined to a portion of thewrapper overlying the adjacenti free portions of the same and the matterin said pocket whereby to fasten the former and to conceal the latterfrom view.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a soap cake having a pocketformed in one side thereof adapted to receive certain matter therein,the bottom of said pocket having portions thereof throughout its areaformed in cameo effect and integral with said pocket bottom and directlycontacting with the matter in the pocket whereby to limit contact ofsuch matter with the soap cake, a wrapper for said cake consisting of atransparent sheet snugly arranged thereabout, and an opaque sheet likedevice joined to a portion of the wrapper overlying the adjacent freeportions of the same and the matter in said pocket whereby to fasten theformer and to conceal the latter from view. In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand,

JOHN CLIFFORD HANEY.

